LAURINBURG —Clerk of Superior Court Philip McRae administered the Oath of Office to the Scotland County Jury Commission Wednesday at the Scotland County Courthouse.
The three-member commission includes Dr. Walter Jackson, who was judge-appointed; Ida McGill, county-appointed; and Mary Helen Norton, clerk-appointed.
The three-member commission oversees the creation and operation of the computerized lists from which jurors are randomly selected to serve. Each commissioner must be a county resident and serve a two-year term beginning in July of each odd-numbered year. One member is selected by the county commissioners, one by senior resident superior court judge, and one by the clerk of superior court.
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